Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025
Filed by MCKENNA ACADEMY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $99,939
- Total expenses
- $153,064
- Contributions and grants received
- $92,998
- Grants paid
- $6,000
- Program service revenue
- $6,941
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $0
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $29,597
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $29,597
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $122,972
Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
THE ACADEMY'S MISSION IS TO BE A CATALYST FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INTERWEAVE OUR COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, SCIENCE AND ANCESTRAL WISDOM.
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EDUCATION: PROVIDES IN-PERSON AND ONLINE COURSES, WORKSHOPS, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF ETHNOBOTANY, ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, CONSERVATION, AND RELATED FIELDS. PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE COMPLEX RESEARCH ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. IN 2025, EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS REACHED APPROXIMATELY 400 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THEMATIC CAMPAIGNS, STRUCTURED ONLINE CLASSES, AND COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
Expenses $10,144
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MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS: PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES DOCUMENTARY FILMS, PODCASTS, AND OTHER MEDIA TO PRESERVE, SHARE, AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE IN ETHNOBOTANY, ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, INDIGENOUS WISDOM TRADITIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. MEDIA OUTPUTS INCLUDE DOCUMENTARY SERIES, DIGITIZATION PROJECTS, EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, AND RECORDED INTERVIEWS. IN 2025, THESE MATERIALS WERE VIEWED OR DOWNLOADED MORE THAN 115,000 TIMES, EXPANDING GLOBAL ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE.
Expenses $20,578
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SYMPOSIUMS AND LIVE EVENTS: ORGANIZES LARGE-SCALE GATHERINGS-BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL-BRINGING TOGETHER LEADING RESEARCHERS, INDIGENOUS LEADERS, AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. EVENTS RANGE FROM GLOBAL SYMPOSIUMS, SUCH AS THE ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIC SEARCH FOR PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS (ESPD) CONFERENCE, TO INTERNATIONAL FORUMS LIKE THE COCA FORUM IN CUSCO, PERU. IN 2025, SYMPOSIUMS AND LIVE EVENTS FEATURED MORE THAN 60 SPEAKERS AND REACHED OVER 1000 ATTENDEES WORLDWIDE, WITH RECORDED CONTENT MADE FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE.
Expenses $92,250
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Rebecca LazarouREBECCA LAZAROU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ranji VargheseRANJI VARGHESE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Robb DuncanROBB DUNCAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bob FiskBOB FISK
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $15,000
- Compensation
- $15,000
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Annette BadenhorstANNETTE BADENHORST
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $15,000
- Compensation
- $15,000
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Dennis McKennaDENNIS MCKENNA
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 27 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202621899349201137
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